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Maryland doctor convicted of rape of two patients during examinations
A jury convicted a Maryland doctor of raping two patients in the exam room. Dr. Ishtiaq Malik worked at Advanced Walk-in Urgent Care in Silver Spring when the sexual assaults occurred, prosecutors say. He locked the exam room doors, made the women take off their clothes, didn’t give them gowns to cover themselves, and then groped and assaulted them,...
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Wind topples National Christmas Tree in Washington, DC
The tree, a cut 40-foot Norway spruce from the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia, replaced the previous tree earlier this month, according to NPS.
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DNA links enslaved people to living descendants
For the first time, thousands of Black Americans may be able to trace their roots to enslaved ancestors in the 1800s as part of a groundbreaking DNA study in Frederick County, Maryland.
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Frederick Co. Sheriff Pleads Not Guilty in Alleged Machine Gun Scheme, Takes Leave
The sheriff of Frederick County, Maryland, has pleaded not guilty after he was indicted in an alleged scheme to obtain machine guns.
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Man Caught on Video Stealing Life-Sized Gorilla Statue From Maryland Antique Shop
Montgomery County police are searching for a suspect who stole a gorilla statue from an antique store earlier this month. At about 3:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 4, the suspect drove up to Design Emporium Antiques on Howard Avenue in Kensington in an older model Chevrolet Colorado Z71 pickup truck. Surveillance video shows the suspect, who was wearing a dark-colored…
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Maryland Couple, Sperm Donor Battle for Custody of Baby
A couple has found themselves in a custody battle with their son’s biological father after one of the women became pregnant via artificial insemination.
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‘Don't Rent DC' Campaign Aims to Cancel Rioters' Airbnbs Ahead of Inauguration Day
Some D.C. residents, worried that violence will return to the District ahead of Inauguration Day, are asking neighbors to stop renting out Airbnb properties next week to prevent rioters from having a place to stay.
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OB-GYN Creates Heartfelt Video Documenting Moments From the Pandemic
Dr. Kelly Parker, an OB-GYN who has worked to save lives for months now, has created a heartfelt video essay for her children to help them understand what life has been like during the coronavirus pandemic “Dear Christine and Colin, I want you to know what this moment means directly from me,” the video starts. Parker says “exhaustion” and “fatigue”…
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Maryland Woman's Kidney Donation to Her Husband Leads to Her Lifesaving Diagnosis
A Maryland woman donated a kidney to her husband, and it may have saved her life, too. Tonja and Perry Paylor of Silver Spring met at Hampton University and have been married for seven years. “Once we had that first conversation, we just never stopped talking from there,” Tonja said. “She is a very loving person and she’s actually...
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Lawsuit Alleges Former Cardinal McCarrick Ran ‘Sex Cabal' at Beach House
Former Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing boys at a beach house in New Jersey in the 1980s.
